Story Challenge: Letter “B”

Hi Bloggers! Do you have to share a story or a short reflection tagged with the letter “B”? For example I’ve written about BERLIN and BRUSSELS, BIRDS and BOATS, BALANCE and BABIES, BREAK THROUGHS and BLUE MOODS, BREAKFAST and BLOGGERS, BRIDGES and BANJOS, Pina BAUSCH or my wife BARBARA, BATHROOMS and BEDROOMS, BAHREIN or BURN OUT, BRAZIL and BELGIUM, BICYCLES and BIKERS, BIPOLAR or BLIND, BIN LADEN or SAUL BELLOW, BAKERS and BUTCHERS, BIOGRAPHIES or BLACK MUSIC, BOOKS or BMWs – I’m sure you have a topic to share, tagged with “B”!

tagged “B” – for example: BERLIN

frizz-comment:
I’m often in Berlin. At first I was shocked by the landmarks of evil history, starting from this town so many decades: the two world wars and then the spy state of Stasi and narrow minded administrations. But then I noticed, step by step new generations are making their own new business there – with a certain kind of humour, anarchism and creative ideas …
Vlado’s comment: “Berlin has a lot of the ‘free spirit’ of the days of my youth, but doesn’t live in the past – it is home of radically modern art and architecture, science and technology – but with a nice ‘feel’ to it …”

I like your Mark Twain quotation 🙂
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“In Boston they ask, how much does he know?
In New York, how much is he worth?
In Philadelphia, who were his parents?”
― Mark Twain
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for Germans:
“In Berlin they ask, how much does he know?
In Frankfurt, how much is he worth?
In Munich, who were his parents?”
― FrizzText

I’m hardly Ford obsessed.The guy just happens to be the focus of my attention now.
My taste in cars runs to vintage models on the one hand and top end luxury models on the other.
The only vintage German car I have actually seen is an Adler that somebody’s grandfather had bought for 19 rupees.
The only mass market car that I am interested in is the nano,not because it is the last word in cars but because they tried to break the price barrier.Unfortunately in the last couple of years Tata Motors seems more interested in selling extras rather than trying to provide more for less.
I took a look at the Trabi-looks a lot like the Premier Padmini and other Premier models.

the courageous BIRDS – indeed, an amusing story!http://justfletcher.wordpress.com/2012/07/10/flickrcomments-story-challenge-b/
‘They were absolutely obsessed. They seemed to be reacting to the alligator in the same way a cat would to a dangled piece of string. ‘Once they found the tail they were curious and they just wouldn’t leave it alone. ‘The alligator attempted to go about it’s business which was getting itself fed but it was clearly annoyed at the unwanted attention.’

hi Lynne,
your BELLINGER RIVER paradise:“The Chess Players meet there of a Sunday afternoon.
Folk Club on a Friday night…”
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in the history of mankind
always places by the rivers have been
the center of social life …

wonderful story! I also like your pointe: “not the day to step out in a mouse-topped hat…” – while a hawk and his friend are watching every step in your backyard!
P.S.:
with a click on the hawk picture you can read more of the backyard story!

BERLIN, BOMBAY, BARCELONA, BUKAREST, BOSTON – after all those cities tumbling into my mind I have to escape to some different B’s again: BISONS and BALLOONS:
title=”Standard Buffalo – don’t get too close!” [The Standard Examiner Balloon Stampede at Antelope Island, USA] photo by Steven Ford / snowbasinbumps, click on the picture to enter his galleries on Flickr…

hi Madhu,
The BIRD’S NEST, the centerpiece of the Beijing Olympics, the National Stadium,
by the architects Jacques Herzog (my Germany!) and Pierre de Meuron
for sure now a landmark in the history of architecture!

Thank you Frizz! It was so much fun with the bakery girl; we had a fun day riding our little bicycles from one end of Kyoto to the other. I loved your whole gallery of bicycles… thanks for sharing those amazing photos… 🙂